Canada



T. WRIGHT.

ANTIROCKING DEVICE FOR ROCKING CHAIRS. APPLICATION man MAY 22, 1919.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919 ANTIBOCKING DEVICE FORFR-OCKING-CHAIBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed May 22, 1919. Serial No. 298,865.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY WRIGHT, a subject of the King. of GreatBritain, and a resident of the city of Vancouver, in the Province ofBritish Columbia, Canada, have readily prevent the rocking of the sameif desired.

I attain this object by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating its practical application to a rockingchair.

The device consists of a strip 1 of metal provided at one end with ahole 2 and at its opposite end with a block or cushion 3 of any suitablematerial, such as rubber, and in use the metal strip is swingablyattached to the underside of the rocker bar 4 of the chair 5 adjacentits front end, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of a nail passed through thehole 2 so that when it is desired to rock the chair the strip pointsforwardly and thus the cushion 3 is held clear of the floor. lVhemhowever, it is desired to prevent the chair from rocking the strip 1is swung around on the nail to point backwardly, thus causing thecushion to bear on the floor, from which it will be seen that the chaircannot then rock until the strip is swung forwardly again. v

From the foregoing, therefore, it will be seen that I have provided adevice by the use of which the occupant of a rocking chair may quicklyconvert it into a stationary one or as quickly obtain the rockingmovement again.

What I claim as'my invention is: f

A device of the character described com I prising a metal strippivotally secured at one end of the'underside of the rocker bar of arocking chair adjacent its front end andprovided with a block member onits free end adapted to lie in contact with the floor to prevent rockingwhen the strip is turned rearwardly.

Dated at Vancouver, 13. 0., this 1st day of May, 1919.

' TIMOTHY WRIGHT,

